As many of you already know, our little cockatiel, Skipper, passed away recently, leaving us sad and our home empty. For the past year,...

In my research on WWII, I have read a lot about the role of the Pulitzer-prize-winning author Ernie Pyle (no relation to the fictional...

I used ChatGPT to generate a Thanksgiving greeting for my blog last month. I was pretty surprised by what it produced; it was well done....

Last week, Anita and I attended a presentation by Melanie Mitchell, a professor at the Santa Fe Institute. She discussed the future of...

This month, I’m disheartened by the war that broke out in the Middle East. I have also been following the other one going on in the...

Well, here it is—another month has gone by, and so has another summer. I’m happy to announce that this month is the fourth anniversary of...

New Addition to Our Family We had some exciting news recently. The photos above are of our new great-grandson Caleb David Shawn...

In my blog, “Writers’ Tools and Suggestions – October 2021,” I wrote that I would update you on Grammarly and other tools I use for...

I’m working on a novel that is a love story set in Italy during WWII. I’m researching the Allied campaign in Italy. Here are some...

This past weekend was the 2nd Annual Santa Fe International Literacy Festival. I attended an event on Thursday evening and several...

On June 5th, it will be the tenth anniversary of publishing my first novel Railway Avenue. It has been a successful and popular novel....

As 2022 neared its end, my health turned south, and several annoying illnesses raised their head. I won’t go into the details here, but I...

This blog was going to be a chapter in Our Hollywood Tales book, but we decided not to include it. I’m happy to share it with you now....

This year has been a sad and difficult one. We lost close friends and relatives. Among them, Anita’s sister, Mary Cannella, passed away...

(Grandpa Dominick Maio and Grandma Anna Maio) Recently, I wrote about my other grandmother – the Sicilian one. This time I’d like to tell...

(Grandpa & Grandma Puglisi) Growing up, my mother often fried veal cutlets and eggplant. The fried eggplant was used in eggplant...

This is the first blog I have written in a while. I was busy writing and publishing a new book. Anita and I wrote and published, Our...

Yes, it’s my birthday today, seventy-seven years old. I can’t believe I made it this far. At this age, I’m thankful for a lot of things....

I didn’t think I would get a blog out this month. I’ve been working on the new book OUR HOLLYWOOD LIVES with Anita’s help. I just...

I’ve been thinking about candy stores lately—maybe because I don’t see them around anymore, not like the ones from my youth. There are...